VENTURE

CREATION & SCALING

HARNESSING THE POWER OF ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION & HIGH-GROWTH COMPANIES

PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT METRICS

Fort.Chennai

66

Startups
Accelerated

21

Startups Funded [Grants
& Seed Investments]

6

Open Innovation
Program

Fort.Hosur

78

Startups
Accelerated

24

Startups Funded [Grants
& Seed Investments]

22

Industrial
Partners

MAKING STARTUPS WIN AT EVERY STAGE OF THE VENTURE LIFECYCLE

A major push and massive progress is needed in the seeding, accelerating, and scaling of these startups, adding value and offering interventions at the right time as they traverse the lifecycle from innovation to production to industrialisation to commercialisation. FORTs fuel startup success by providing CRITICAL PROGRAMMATIC INTERVENTIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE LIFECYCLE OF PHYGITAL (Hardware-First, Digital-Plus) TECH ventures, to ensure that its startups win at every stage.

Venture Lifecycle Bar Chart

Forge.Fund also provides CATALYTIC CAPITAL VIA INNOVATION GRANTS AND SEED INVESTMENTS for hardware tech startups - funding product development in product-stage startups and commercialisation & growth in market and growth-stage startups.

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Market Access

MARKET ACCESS
PATHWAYS

Market Access Pathways that leverage open innovation & revamp procurement policies to bridge gaps between startups and public sector and Industrial companies - opening accelerated procurement pathways and enabling strategic partnerships.

Strategic Advisory

STRATEGIC
ADVISORY

Strategic Advisory offered to startups under three key outcome areas of Tech/Product acceleration for operational excellence, business acceleration through commercial partnerships, and strategic investments.

Product Acceleration

PRODUCT
ACCELERATION
& TECH
INFRASTRUCTURE

Product Acceleration & Tech Infrastructure to catalyse hardware/tech innovation, empowering innovators and startups to solve real-world problems and deliver social impact.

Investment Pathways

INVESTMENT
PATHWAYS

Investment Pathways that prepare high-potential startups for VC readiness and facilitate connections with Angel/VC investors with advisory across all aspects - from determining the amount of funding required to dilution in equity, and financial planning.

Global Gateways

GLOBAL
GATEWAYS

Global Gateways are designed to seed, accelerate and scale international expansion plans of growth stage startups looking to set up international operations - through a portfolio of bilateral exchange programs, conferences, events, and publications, while offering access to pathways in the areas of market access, investor connects, strategic partnerships, etc.

Industrialisation & Commercialisation

INDUSTRIALISATION &
COMMERCIALISATION
PARTNERSHIPS

Industrialisation & Commercialisation Partnerships for joint product development, production, commercial launch and distribution, as well as partnerships with system integrators and engineering aggregators - streamlining production and industrialisation, and leveraging scalability.

Pilot Grants

PILOT
GRANTS

Pilot Grants provide early-stage funding to validate proof-of-concept technologies and business models, enabling startups to demonstrate viability and market potential before scaling their innovations.

Innovation Grants

INNOVATION
GRANTS

Innovation Grants support research and development activities for breakthrough technologies, providing non-dilutive funding to advance technical capabilities and intellectual property development.

Growth Grants & Seed Investments

GROWTH GRANTS &
SEED
INVESTMENTS

Growth Grants & Seed Investments provide strategic funding for scaling operations, market expansion, and product commercialisation, combining grant funding with equity investments to accelerate growth trajectories.

REIMAGINING TRANSFORMATION IN THE
INTELLIGENCE AGE with Phy'gital (Hardware-First,
Digital-Plus) Startups As Innovation & Growth Partners
To Industrial Majors.

A full-stack CORPORATE MANAGED PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC SERVICES enabling Industrial Majors to unlock business value and gain strategic advantages across the lifecycle of seeding, accelerating, and scaling industrial tech ventures.

Forge's CVS Compass is a unified strategic planning framework for maximising value through Corporate-Startup engagements - offering an all encompassing visualisation tool to plan, execute, manage and govern strategic corporate innovation through corporate venturing programs. The Compass leverages a STRATEGY SANDBOX at its core, which serves as the contextual lens to implement VALUE CREATION PROGRAMS (Startup Engagement Programs). These programs are selected, scoped and sequenced for implementation are tied to VALUE CAPTURE MODELS (Startup Partnership Models) for unlocking financial, commercial, organisational, and operational value. Ultimately the governance and management of the portfolio of startup engagement programs and startup partnership models for maximising enterprise value are structured as VALUE GENERATION PATHWAYS

Strategy Sandbox Visualization

STRATEGY
SANDBOX

Serves as the foundational phase for a Corporate Venture Studio, involving the development of a comprehensive strategy framework aimed at maximising transformational outcomes, in alignment with and complementing the company's overarching vision for business growth & transformation - ultimately serving as the point of origin and defines the guiding principles for corresponding value creation programs and value capture models.

Critical Capabilities

CRITICAL
CAPABILITIES

Technology
Development
Focus

Sustainability Goals

SUSTAINABILITY
GOALS

Sustainability
Excellence
Outcomes

Investment Theses

INVESTMENT
THESES

Strategic
Investments &
Acquisitions

Transformation Areas

TRANSFORMATION
THRUST AREAS

Operational
Excellence
Outcomes

Growth Opportunities

GROWTH
OPPORTUNITIES

Business
Excellence
Outcomes

VALUE CREATION
PROGRAMS

Startup engagement programs enable companies to innovate faster, build long-term competitive advantage, and capture value from emerging technologies. By partnering with startups, companies can access new markets, reduce costs, and drive growth, ultimately enhancing their resilience and profitability.

Build

BUILD

CO-INNOVATION

Accelerate

ACCELERATE

PRODUCT & VENTURE

Sponsor

SPONSOR

PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT &
SCALE

Demo/Pilot

DEMO/PILOT

VALIDATE VALUE
CREATION

Excubate

EXCUBATE

SPINOUT
INNOVATION
PROJECTS TO
TECH VENTURES

VALUE CAPTURE
MODELS

Startup partnership models unlock potential for inorganic scale by enhancing competitive advantage, diversifying product offerings, as well as unlocking bottom-line growth via cost savings driven by operational efficiency. These models capitalise on engagement programs for value creation - harnessing on the transformation of innovative technologies into revenue-generation opportunities, ultimately driving inorganic growth and profitability in a dynamic market landscape.

Buy

BUY

LARGE-SCALE
PROCUREMENT

Sell

SELL

JOINT GTM &
SYSTEM INTEGRATION

Make

MAKE

JOINT
INDUSTRIALISATION

Invest

INVEST

STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS

Acquire

ACQUIRE

M&As

CVS PORTFOLIO

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Vedanta Spark is a groundbreaking corporate open innovation initiative aimed at transforming the energy and resources sector through collaboration with startups. In partnership with Forge Innovation & Ventures, the program explores 16 opportunity areas to drive digital transformation and sustainability.

It offers two engagement models: commercial partnerships, which involve paid pilot projects that can scale into comprehensive solutions, and equity investments that capture technological advantages. Startups retain their intellectual property while gaining access to Vedanta's extensive ecosystem. With 80 startups engaged across 120 projects, Vedanta Spark exemplifies a commitment to operational excellence and sustainable innovation in India's industrial landscape.
CVS Portfolio Circular
0 #INNOVATION CHALLENGES (Access to Opportunity themes)
0 #STARTUPS DISCOVERED (From 27 Countries across the globe)
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₹ 0 STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT
BUDGETED
₹ 0 BUSINESS VALUE
CREATED
0 BUSINESS IMPACT FOR
VEDANTA (ROI)
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IDENTIFIED
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Airbus' Innovation Scouting & Industrialisation program, a platform under Airbus Scale's Open Innovation vertical, aims to accelerate joint-industrialisation projects by connecting Indian startups with Airbus business units globally. The initiative focuses on partnering with innovative startups in aerospace, defence, AI, unmanned systems, industrial automation, sustainable aviation, connectivity, autonomy, and space technologies.

Selected startups receive unique opportunities, including collaboration with Airbus domain experts, strategic advisory, market access across Airbus business units, and a Proof of Concept fund for product validation. The program enables startups to develop scale-ready products with compelling business cases, supporting Airbus' 'local to global' strategic approach.
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The BGSW Tech Ventures Accelerator is Forge's managed services program designed to connect Bosch Global Software Technologies with innovative Phy'gital(Hardware-First, Digital-Plus) startups. The initiative aims to unlock enterprise value and strategic outcomes across critical innovation domains.

The program positions Bosch at the technological forefront by enabling strategic partnerships with startups. It facilitates business growth through deployment of market-leading software products and seamless integration of innovative solutions into Bosch's global ecosystem. By bridging technological gaps and fostering collaborative innovation, the accelerator drives revenue enhancement and competitive advantage for Bosch's software technologies.
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